The agreement will play a pivotal role in supporting the UK’s target of capturing 10% of the global commercial space market by 2030.
Archives for June 2020
New Optical Ground Station Telescope to be Built by PlaneWave Instruments
The OGS telescope will be capable of tracking satellites in LEO, GEO and Deep Space with low tracking error for the purpose of Free-Space Optical Communication (FSOC).
U.S. Defense Space Strategy Released by DoD
The United States Secretary for Defense has released the Defense Space Strategy, which identifies how Department of Defense (DoD) will advance space power to be able to compete, deter and […]
Airbus Launches Open Innovation – Space Initiative
The UK’s space industry leader Airbus, has teamed with KBR, Leidos UK, Northrop Grumman and QinetiQ to bring new thinking to future space solutions and to launch the Open Innovation – Space initiative. The aim of Open […]
Kratos Defense and Security Solutions Agrees to Acquire ASC Signal
The products, business and North American manufacturing operations that Kratos is acquiring bring 60 years of innovation in high performance antenna products used in a variety of mission-critical space applications ranging from…
Super-Sized Satellite Test Chamber for UK Space Sector
The UK’s space industry has received a major piece of new equipment to help get larger, more complex satellites ready for launch. A 16m long space test chamber, among the […]
Forrester Reports: Inmarsat’s In-Flight Data Rates of 100 MB/s
Inmarsat launched its EAN system in March of 2019 and anticipated peak…
Iridium Partner MetOcean Telematics Contracted by UK Royal Navy for MASS Deployment
An innovative marine-based system, MASS is free-floating and consists of a set of operational monitoring buoys. These buoys transmit acoustic event data, point of impact, and precise time over the Iridium® satellite network
SES Orders Four Satellites
Artistic rendition of the SES-20 and SES-21 satellites is courtesy of Boeing and Business Wire. SES has selected two U.S. satellite manufacturers, Northrop Grumman and the Boeing Company, to deliver […]
Intelsat’s New Contracts for Satellites to Accommodate C-Band Spectrum Transition
Moving ahead to prepare for the accelerated C-band spectrum, Intelsat has contracted with U.S. manufacturers Maxar Technologies and Northrop Grumman to build new satellites in order to meet the accelerated C-band […]